Reel.



F. MOSSBERG.

REEL.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY10,1909.

Patented June 28. 3920.

I Y X Q WITNEES E.

lu l M AT T m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MOSSBERG, 0F ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK MOSSBERGCOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 28, 1910.

Application filed July 10, 1 909, Serial No. 506,889.

and useful Improvements in Reels, of which the following is aspecification.

My lnvcntion relates to reels or beams adapted either for wire or yarn,and its essential purpose is to provide a novel form of belt race whichis available when the common integral grooved sheet steel race cannot beused.

My invention consists in applying to the outer face of the reel or beamhead a malleable iron ring, and in the novel construe tion of the ringand its attaching means.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a partial end elevation of a reel or beam provided with mynovel belt race, Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same, with a portion ofthe intermediate portion of the body broken away, and showing a part insection on line of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, a section of a modified form ofmy invention.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views.

in the present instance my invention is shown in connection with a reelcoi'nprising the axial member A, drum B, heads C provided with ribs D,connecting bolts E, and the trunnions F, each provided with a threadedshank f engaging the interior of the member A, and having the collar fbearing against. the exterior face of the head B} The trunnion membersassist in uniting the parts of the reel. The heads are composed of sheetmetal and are provided near their margins with a series of perforations(i'.

bolt race is formed which consists of a ring preferably of malleableiron, comprisinga flat body portion H provided upon its outer niarginwith a flange I bent at a right angle to the body ll, and having uponits inner margin a series of projections J. The pro ect1ons are insertedinto the open- .ings G and riveted, thus bringing the inner margin ofthe body H tight against the outer face of the head C at a slightdistance from the periphery of the latter.

In Fig. 3, is shown a modification of my invention wherein for theprojections J are substituted rivets J each passing through alongitudinal opening K in the body H of the ring;

By the described method of construction and application, whereby therace may be of any preferred diameter regardless of the diameter of thehead, and may be fixed upon the face of the head at any preferreddistance from the periphery of the latter, it will be observed that areel may have any predetermined selected speed by applying thereto arace of the required diameter.

The feature of the reel and its component parts herein shown but notclaimed are not hereby abandoned, but constitute the subject matter of apatent application to be later filed by this applicant.

lVhat I claim is,-

1. In a reel or beam, the combination of a head provided with marginal oenings, of a belt race comprising a cylin rical body provided with anoutwardly extending flange upon one end, and projections upon itsopposite end, said pro ections entering the openings and adapted to berivetedtherein.

2. In a reel 01' beam, the combination of a head provided with anannular series of openings at a distance from the periphery of the head,a belt race, and projections upon the belt race fixed in the openings.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK MOSSBERG. lVitnesscs WALTER LOUIS Fnosr, HORATIO E. BuLLows.

